April 24, 2024 By Becky Zuschlag Barran Liebman LLP July 1 is fast approaching and will bring with it several changes employers should be aware of, including an increase in Oregon’s minimum wage and statutory changes to the protected reason eligible employees may take leave under the Oregon Family Leave […]

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of Beth Milito, Executive Director of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center, regarding the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on non-compete clauses. “Without teams of compliance officers and […]

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That a Lateral Transfer May Be Discrimination Under Title VII By Amy Angel & Missy Oakley Barran Liebman Law The U.S. Supreme Court held in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis that a lateral transfer of an employee to a position with similar rank and pay […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Good Clean Love Inc., a company in Eugene that manufactures safe and organic intimate hygiene and sexual health products, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Oscar-winning actress Gwenyth Paltrow’s company Goop, a skin, body, fragrance, and fashion and lifestyle […]

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) Press Release Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group (ALWG) released a final report that details policy recommendations to address workforce issues facing the nation’s ag producers. The report comes after months of engaging with stakeholders, employers, and workers […]

BY NFIB, Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed from NFIB President Brad Close discussing the importance of the 20% Small Business Deduction for Main Street businesses nationwide. Close urges Congress to take action and pass the Main Street Tax Certainty Act to ensure that small businesses can grow […]

By Oregon U.S. Attorney Press Release, The owners of ConsoliDebt Solutions, LLC, a debt consolidation service that operated in Oregon and other locations between April 2019 and April 2024, have been indicted in federal court for knowingly and intentionally defrauding their customers. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta, 54, and Dalia Castilleja […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, BowFlex, a Vancouver-based company selling home exercise equipment that began as Nautilus, has been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange after announcing in early March that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Portland Business Journal. Surging sales during gym […]

By National Retail Federation, Despite expectations for slower growth of both gross domestic product and retail sales, the economy should continue to do well the remainder of this year, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said today. “No one can accurately forecast what surprises the next year might hold, […]

By Oregon US Attorney Press Release, A federal grand jury in Medford returned an indictment today charging a local man with illegally possessing and selling explosives. Wesley Allen Armstrong, Jr., 56, a Medford resident, has been charged with distributing explosives by a non-licensee, possessing with intent to distribute and distributing […]